Misc

Kid'sClick - Web Search for Kids by Librarians
An enormous collection of sites categorised into Subject areas, definitely worth trying first!

The Playground
ABC site with links to their children's TV programs

Australia

BHP Australia (steel education link)
Covers all aspects of the steel making process

BHP Australia (coal education link)
Covers all aspects of the coal industry

Stories of the Dreaming
Created by the Australian Museum in affiliation with Australia's Cultural Network. Sample the different stories as text, audio or video

Transport

NSW Department of Transport
Excellent starting point - search for transport related sites by Australian state or world

History of Transport
Lots of images from the past

Animals

The Adventures of Herman
Everything you ever wanted to know about worms...excellent site for Infants

Creature World
Explore the fascinating and funny creaturnalities of creatures the world over

Human Anatomy

Mr Bones (Human Skeleton Assembly Activity)
Human Anatomy, Stage 2

Rainforests

Rainforest Facts

Antarctica

Planet Earth
Comprehensive site with 27 links to other sites relating to Antarcitica

Myths & Legends

Aesop's Fables
Online collection of over 655 of Aesop's fables...set out alphabetically. Included are Real Audio narrations. Recently added are 127 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen with 209 Grimms Fairy Tales coming soon.

Animals, Myths & Legends
An Australian site, includes myths, legends and stories from indigenous peoples all over the globe. The myths relate to the development and interdependence of animals, the environment and people.

Forestry

Forestry Australia
Information about wood and its products. If information required is not available then posting the query to 'Talking timber with Harry & Sal' results in a detailed response. Includes a history of timber development in Australia.

State Forests of NSW (for kids)
Part of the State Forests of NSW home page, this site has been designed for both teachers and students.

Rainforest Action Network
Constantly changing site with global updates and a link specialy for kids

Oceans

Sydney Aquarium
Plenty of useful information including links to other sites via 'Tentacle Links' Try out 'fish cam'

Oceans Alive
From the ABC schools program, this site includes facts about oceans and marine life, and encourages schools to take part in online marine projects

Sea and sky: the sea
Excellent site for primary students topics include: Sea gallery, Reef life, Sea Lab, Aquarium resources, Ocean exploration

Government

Australian Notes & Coins
With the help of Gary Clark's Swamp cartoon characters, this web site teaches children under 13 years old, the fundamentals of money, earning their own money, saving their money and the technologies involved in accessing their money.

Space

Welcome to the Planets
Large collection of images with links to factual information

Sea and sky: the sky
Excellent site for primary students covering such topics as, Sky gallery, Sky lab, Sky games, Space exploration and a Tour of the solar system.

The Nine Planets
Provides an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information

NASA
The place to go for the most up to date information on everything astronomical

StarChild
A site for children put together by NASA, choose appropriate level ie lower or upper primary. Also provides a link for students 14 yrs and over

Earth View
Real time satellite image of the planet...zoom in on any area

Gold

Basic information about gold in Australia.

Dinosaurs

Zoom Dinosaur
Lots of information about dinosaurs including, anatomy and behaviour, classification, fossils, classroom activities and Dino fun, which links to games, puzzles and quizzes.

Dinorama
National Geographic site with information about dinosaurs and current methods of learning about them. Includes timelines, animations, and fun facts

Dann's Dinosaur Reconstructions
Provides information and pictures about Australian dinosaurs including the Muttaburrasaurus